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GRAHAME'S DYKE.*

... it is quite a mistake to speak or the Ancient Rulers as our forefathers. If - the Romano-Britieb bed been left to thomatlves, and the Anglo-Saxons had never come, this land would now be peopled by their descendan~ts, speaking same form of the Roman laniguage ...

EXTRACTS FROM NEW BOOKS

... order almnost as good upon the battle-deid as on parade; but the order is not very exact by German or Eug;Lsh models. I do not speak of the Guards, of course, but of the line. No special pains are taken to produce an upright or soldierly appearance. 'hilst ...

Art and Literature

... memorial of the great traveller and discoverer should be raised, The initiative was taken by the Free Church of Scotland, and it speaks strongly for the warm affection with which Dr. Livingstone was regarded that the other Presbyterian bodies at once signi- ...

WELL-WORSHIP IN NORTH TYNEDALE.*

... WELL-WORSHIP IN WORTH TYNEDALBE, Mr Clayton in speaking of tile discovery of a Roman altar at Procelitia dedicated tq the genius of the place Genie hujus loci, appropriately remarks (Archacologia AEiana, vol. vii. part 2cii. p. 282,) According to ...

Art and Literature

... ba~romlleter, it is true, wll ahoyv one that he has gained a great height on many a mountain far higher than these ot which 1 speak but then the effet is lessene bhy climbing gradually. ascending elopes and bills which precede the fial ascnst of the height ...

Art and Literature

... the Merrimack. its fishes and their habits, and the numerous birds which frequented the stream os- its banks, He liked to speak of the manners of the aiv-er as itself a lawful creature, yet with eractuess land always to an obseived fact. In his Concord ...

Literary Extracts

... breakfasts with us and starts home. Elder Cook and William Haines, of Oneida depot, arrive this evening. Mr A. is a 'medium,' and speaks in unknown tongues. An Indian and fugitive slave spent last night with us. The Indian has gone on, but Tommy ?? (very drunk) ...

CHIPCHASE CASTLE, NORTH TYNEDALE.*

... since greatly improved and extended the propecty. The architectural featres of Chipohase Castle are of singular interest. Speaking of the beautiful M~anor-H~ouse attached by Cnthbert Heron in 1621, I3r Hartshorne says that the old Tower is rendered a ...

LITERARY CURIOSITIES

... English word as employed two centuries ago, there was nothing of this: it rather meant obedience and mildness. Shakapeare, speaking of a deceased person, says:- Wow many a holy and obsequies tear Hath dear relirous love stolen frain mine eye, As Interest ...

ITALIAN OPERAS AT THE TYNE THEATRE

... Signor Zoboli, another old friend, was extremely clever and comical as Tristran. Of the band and chorus it is impossible to speak too highly. The band, numbering 70 performers, is the best Mfr Mapleson has-ever brought into the provinces. It included the ...

LONDON IN THE JACOBITE TIMES.*

... disgust of the Whigs, he was maintained in comfort by their rivals; and a French schoolmaster, who had allowed himself 'to speak freely in favour of the Pretender, was so thoroughly flogged from Stocks BMacket to Aldgate that he died. The bitterness of ...

ST. PATRICK'S DAY

... O'Brien, two of the re. leased prisoners, addressed the meeting, alleging that they had been very badly treated in gaol. Speaking at Liverpool on Saturday evening, Mr O'Shangh- nessy, M.P., said the House of Commons had more work than it could do. Englishmen ...